Retainhitgr device fob laundried collars



I. F. WILLEY.

RETMNING DEVlCE FOR LAUNDRIED COLLARS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12. 1918.

1 349,643. Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

2 INVENTOR 1;: i t i i is I W I W BY M A TTORNEVS ISAAC F. WILLEY, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RETAINING DEVICE FOR LAUNDIR-IED COLLARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au. 17, 1920.

Application filed April 12, 1918. Serial No. 228,074.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, lsAAo F. VVILLnY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful l'ietaining Device for Laundried Collars. of which the following is a specification.

In the laundrying of collars, it is custom ary after starching them to iron them in a ilat condition. They are then coiled up and wrapped in paper or placed in a box for delivery to the owner. (ollars when laundried in this manner and especially those of the turnover type assume an unnatural 'set, the result of which is that the free ends often do not properly register when brought together and the folds of the collar are so close together that the neckband of the neck-tie binds between the folds of the collar and does not slip to provide for the proper adjustment of the necktie during the tying operation.

The primary object of my present inven tion is to devise novel means to overcome such defects and with such end in view my invention comprehends a collar, especially one of the turn over type, encircled by a band which is placed around the collar after it has been ironed and after it has been coiled to bring the free ends near each other so that when the collar has dried or set it will assume more nearly the shape it assumes on the user and the folds are separated to pro vide for the proper slip of the neck-tie.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawing forms thereof which are at present preferred by me, since the same will be found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents in perspective a collar holding device embodying my invention and in position around a collar.

Fig. 2 represents a bottom plan view of the construction seen in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 represents a section on line i'l-3 of Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawing.

1 designates a collar which as illustrated is of the turnover type and consists of the neck band 2 having its free ends 3 adapted to overlap. 4 designates the fold or turnover portion of the collar. 5 designates a holding device in the shape of an annular band which may be of any desired material but which preferably consists of a Hat strip of paper having its free ends connected together in any desired manner, for example, by means of an adhesive.

After the collars have been ironed they are coiled as seen in the drawings so that the overlapping ends are in proximity to each other. The annular band 5 is then slipped over the top of the collar and the collar released so that it is retained in its partly coiled or rolled up condition solely by means of said band or retaining device 5.

As the collar dries it becomes set as it is called in the trade and the fold 4 is spaced from the neck band 2 and retained in such spaced relationship. W'hen it is desired to wear the collar the band 5 is removed.

By the employment of my present invention the binding of the tie within the collar is eliminated and the overlapping ends are set in a curved condition so that they register properly when drawn together.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction of retaining device for laundried collars which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description, and while I have, in the resent instance, shown and described pre erred embodiments thereof which give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same are susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Living thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination With a single coiled or 10 rolled up collar of the turn-over type, having its free ends near each other, of an annular relatively narrow band surrounding the exterior coiled portion of said collar at approximately midway of its height to prevent its llllUOlllflg and to cause the fold of the collar to be set in spaced relationship to the neekband of the cellar and thereby provide for the ready slipping of a necktie the tying between said neckband and o ISAAC F. WILLEY. W itnesses C. D. MeVAY, M. E. BYRNE. 

